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Production still of Buddy Ebsen

Date: 1937
Description: Buddy Ebsen, dressed in a suit and hat, sits on an upended case on the set of "Broadway Melody of 1937."
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"Flying Fleet" Publicity Still

Date: 1929
Description: Publicity shot for "Flying Fleet," an MGM motion picture release starring Ramon Navarro and Anita Paige. The Navy aircraft on which the actors are posed is...
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Tracy Plays Doolittle

Date: 1944
Description: Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle in a B-25 during a scene from "Thirty-Seconds Over Tokyo" (MGM 1944).
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"Test Pilot"

Date: 1938
Description: A publicity still featuring the lead actors in "Test Pilot," an MGM 1938 motion picture release. "Test Pilot" was the story of a reckless commercial test p...
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The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
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Lionel Barrymore Directs Actors

Date: 1929
Description: Lionel Barrymore directs John Gilbert and Norma Shearer in a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" for MGM's Hollywood Revue.
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Scene Still from Their First Mistake

Date: 1932
Description: Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Stan Laurel in Their First Mistake (MGM 1932).
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Scene still from Sons of the Desert

Date: 1933
Description: Mae Busch and Oliver Hardy in Sons of the Desert (MGM 1933).
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

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Description: Undated publicity still of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the piano.
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Mae Busch

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Description: Undated publicity still of Mae Busch.
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Karl Dane

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Description: Publicity portrait of Karl Dane standing in what looks like a home.
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Karl Dane

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Description: Publicity still of Karl Dane in western wear posing with an African-American woman and her two children.
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Don Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor in "The Father of the Bride"

Date: 1950
Description: Don Taylor (playing Buckley Dunstan) is kissing Elizabeth Taylor (as Kay Banks) in a publicity still from "The Father of the Bride" (MGM 1950). Elizabeth T...
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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"

Date: 1939
Description: Clark Gable (playing Rhett Butler) embraces Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) who is dressed in mourning clothes in a publicity still from the Selznick produc...
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William Powell and Myrna Loy in "Double Wedding"

Date: 1937
Description: William Powell kisses Myrna Loy on the cheek in this publicity still from "Double Wedding" (MGM 1937).
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Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in "Woman of the Year"

Date: 1942
Description: Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are dressed in wedding clothes in this publicity still for "Woman of the Year" (MGM 1942).
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James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story"

Date: 1941
Description: James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn stand by a table with hors d'oeuvres and champagne in a scene still from "The Philadelphia Story" (MGM 1941).
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Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby in "High Society"

Date: 1956
Description: Grace Kelley holds hands with Bing Crosby in a publicity still from "High Society" (MGM 1956).
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Sound Booth Operator

Date: 1931
Description: The mixer in a sound booth talks to actor Ramon Novarro and director Jacques Feyder as they record dialogue for the film "Son of India."
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"Tea & Sympathy" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the MGM movie "Tea & Sympathy," featuring John Kerr (playing Tom Robinson Lee) and Deborah Kerr (playing Laura Reynolds).

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